S A LaPlancheShirley Laplanche, born in New Zealand, is a passionate traveller, environmentalist and lover of life. After travelling the world for several years she landed in Australia to become an editor at The Australian newspaper and a contributing writer for he Bulletin and the Australian Tourist Commission (now Tourism Australia). The urge to travel again triggered a move to a successful freelance writing career specialising in travel, skiing, golf and a book on ecotourism.Stepping Lightly on Australia - A Traveller's Guide to Ecotourism was published by HarperCollins in Australasia and Globe Pequot in the USA.Her debut novel, The Fatal, Path shows a darker side of this versatile writer who currently lives in Sydney, Australia. Read More Read Less